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212. Aquifolium T. Atl. Ilex L. auct. name 

 posterior, and of an Oak. The Ilex of the Au- 

 thors hardly differs from Prinos, the numbers 

 of parts and stigmas not being uniform, but re- 

 quiring the formation of many G. to be accurate. 

 The rotate and deeply lobed corolla distinguish 

 this group of G. from the group of Cordias. I 

 propose now to revise it, and thus hx the true 

 Aquifolium Raf. cal. rotato 4-5dent. cor. rota- 

 ta 4-5partita, stam. 1-5 epicorolis alt. stig. 4-5 

 Kessilib. obtusis, drupis baccatis 4-5sp. nucib. 

 Isp. Arbor esc, foL alt, sepe peren7ians spino- 

 sis (pie ^ ft. axil, poly g.' — This. will include pro- 

 tern as in Rhamnus the sp. that are not well 

 known; but all must be verified : meantime the 

 types will be Aq^crocea^japonica? and other 

 Japanese sp. if with 4 stigmas, with the various 

 sp. blended in Ilex aquifolium of Authors, 

 which are 5 at least, all seen alive. 



213. Aquifolium iindulatnm Raf. fol. ovatis 

 undulatis, margine sinuatis spinosis, supra niti- 

 dis, fl. glomeratis, fr. rubris — Mts. of Europe, 

 the most common sp. becoming a tree and less 

 spinose in old age. 



214. Aquif,ferox Miller, Raf. fol. ovatis su- 

 bundul. supra margineque echinatis, fl. fascic. 

 fr. flavis — distinct species remarkable by the very 

 prickly leaves. 



215. Aqiuf, heterophyhtm Raf. fol. ellipt. vix 

 undul. integris acuminatis, nonnulis subspinosis, 

 basi acutis — Europe. 



216. Aquif, planifolium Raf. fol. ovatis sub- 

 rotundis planis subdentato spinosis — in Spain, 

 very near /. ovaca Ait. see 234. 



217. Aquif, lanceolatnm Raf. fol. lanceol. 

 subdent. recurvis, vix spinosis, fl. subumbel. fr. 

 albescens — Germany &c. All these were deem- 



